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Digitalisation of Work and Development of Services (5 cr)

Code: S000FO49-3001

General information


Enrollment

02.12.2024 - 15.12.2024

Timing

17.03.2025 - 31.07.2025

Number of ECTS credits allocated

5 op

Mode of delivery

Contact teaching

Unit

School of Wellbeing

Campus

Myllypurontie 1

Teaching languages

  • Finnish

Seats

0 - 35

Degree programmes

  • Master's Degree Programme in Human Ageing and Services
  • Master's Degree Programme in Elderly Care - Human Ageing and Services

Groups

  • S3224S6
    Ikääntyneiden palvelujen kehittämisen ja johtamisen tutkinto-ohjelma ylempi

Objective

- Anticipate the impact of digitalisation on society, working environments and the future development of services for older people
- Analyse the accessibility and effectiveness of digital services from the perspective of older people's needs
- Assess the ethical implications of digitalisation for services for older people and the role of older people as service users
- Apply user-driven design in the development of age-friendly digital services

Content

- The impact of digitalisation on society, work and services
- Older people as users of digital services
- Ethical aspects of digitalisation
- user-driven design and methods in service development

Evaluation scale

0-5

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

The student will be able to:
- define the significance of digitalisation in society, working environments and the future development of services for older people
-describe the accessibility and effectiveness of digital services from the perspective of older people's needs
- examine the ethical implications of digitalisation for services for older people
- apply user-driven service development methods

Assessment criteria, good (3)

Students will be able to:
- analyse, in their work, the significance of digitalisation in society, working environments and the future development of services for older people
- analyse the accessibility and effectiveness of digital services from the perspective of older people's needs
- analyse the ethical implications of digitalisation for services for older people
- apply user-driven service development methods in a variety of ways

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

Students will be able to:
- critically assess, in their work, the significance of digitalisation in society, working environments and the future development of services for older people
- critically assess the accessibility and effectiveness of digital services from the perspective of older people's needs
- critically assess, in their work, the ethical implications of digitalisation for services for older people
- innovatively apply user-driven methods of service development

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

Pass
The student will be able to:
- define the significance of digitalisation in society, working environments and the future development of services for older people
-describe the accessibility and effectiveness of digital services from the perspective of older people's needs
- examine the ethical implications of digitalisation for services for older people
- apply user-driven service development methods